(By the end of the module the student should be able to....)
LA376: INTERNATIONAL FAMILY LAW: LEARNING OUTCOMES
Which teaching and learning methods enable students to achieve this learning outcome?
Knowledge:
Demonstrate a comprehensive and systematic understanding of the nature, substance of private international law rules as they apply to family formation and breakdown.
Understand how the different types of regulation – English domestic law, EU regulation and international conventions – interrelate when regulating cross border family issues.
Evaluate the role of each type of regulation in determining disputes involving adult relationships and parent child relationships.
Explain and give examples of the role and use of judicial discretion in cross border family cases.
Application:
Analyse problem scenarios involving application of the rules of private international to produce a number of logically coherent potential solutions.
Demonstrate a realistic understanding of the current practice of international family law.
This will be addressed in lectures, seminars and in the modules materials.
Pervasive in lectures, seminars, seminar readings etc.
Through wider reading, especially of academic articles.
Through study of statutory materials and reading cases.
Through the negotiation exercise.
Through consideration of problem questions in seminars and the negotiation hypothetical.
Through examinations of real-life situations and a wide range of materials.
Through preparation for seminars and for the written assessment.
Discussion in lectures and seminars.
Which summative assessment method(s) will measure the achievement of this learning outcome?
Subject knowledge and contextual skills will be assessed in both assessments
Students will be required to suggest realistic solutions when coming up with their negotiation strategy.
The written assessment will require students to research relevant legal materials.
Students will be required to complete a critical and reflective essay
Sources and Research:
Research a particular area of international family law using paper and electronic resources and specialist legal materials.
Analysis:
Critically analyse and evaluate the attempts of the European Union to harmonise private international law rules while maintaining respect for the diversity of national family law.
Analyse past, current and future law and policy developments in terms of theoretical issues and in terms of their impact on individual and families.
Critique discretionary decisions and the use of discretion in child law.
Autonomy:
Work independently to gain understanding of material and issues in child law without explanatory lectures
Use feedback from lecturer and other students.
Seminar preparation, including for student-led seminars; essays
Feedback on assessed work and via seminar discussions.
Written assessment
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(By the end of the module the student should be able to....)
Which teaching and learning methods enable students to achieve this learning outcome?
Communication/Literacy:
Use correct citations and bibliographies.
Engage confidently and effectively in academic communication with others on the problems and methodologies of private international law as it applies to the family.
Other Basic Skills:
Group Work
Work collaboratively to complete a defined task within a limited time.
Numerical:
Read and understand quantitative research materials.
IT:
Use internet to access further readings on child law issues. Use learning packages
(e.g. module website) for self-study. Work processing.
Pervasive
Negotiation exercise in seminar time.
Directed reading
Through research for seminars, directed reading and module website.
Which summative assessment method(s) will measure the achievement of this learning outcome?
Students’ ability to communicate ideas in writing will be assessed through the written assessment and the examination.
Orals skills are not formally assessed.
Element in written assessment.
Not formally assessed but part of the negotiation role play in which the written assessment takes place.
Not formally assessed, but incorporation of such materials may be a means of demonstrating an appreciation of the context in which the law operates.
Research skills are assessed as part of written assessment.
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